Rahway authorities are investigating whether illegal drug overdoses are to blame for at least two deaths that occurred in the city overnight.
According to preliminary reports, police were called to an address in the 500 block of East Milton Avenue at around 9:10 p.m. where they arrived to find the unconscious and unresponsive victims at that location.
EMS rushed to the scene where they performed life-saving techniques on the victims but at least one of the victims was pronounced dead a short time later reports said.
An earlier incident that occurred in Rahway had police and EMS in the 100 block of West Grand Street where two other victims were found unconscious and unresponsive suffering life-threatening injuries after possible drug overdoses according to reports.
There have been about six overdoses with at least two ending in fatalities in a 24-hour span according to preliminary reports.
None of the victims have been "officially" identified at this time.
The investigation remains active and ongoing.